
The Afghan women’s soccer team hasn’t been able to play since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Now, FIFA has announced the Afghan women’s refugee squad in an unprecedented step. CNN’s Amanda Davies met with several of the exiled players in the UK and learned about their yearslong fight for recognition, and why football remains such a lifeline for them.

The Afghan women’s soccer team hasn’t been able to play since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Now, FIFA has announced the Afghan women’s refugee squad in an unprecedented step. CNN’s Amanda Davies met with several of the exiled players in the UK and learned about their yearslong fight for recognition, and why football remains such a lifeline for them.

The White House has posted an "almost Friday" meme to its Instagram account displaying an image of a sombrero. The Trump administration has posted a string of content trolling Democrats over the shutdown, some of which is AI-generated and racist.

Amazon drone deliveries will resume Friday after being suspended for two days after two Prime Air delivery drones struck a crane in Arizona, resulting in “substantial” damage and a fire.

Scientists off the coast of Washington state filmed a pod of over 20 Southern Resident killer whales. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance told CNN their researchers, alongside SeaDoc Society and NOAA, are using “non-invasive health monitoring technologies” to study threats to the endangered species.

Actor Eugene Levy sits down with CNN's Max Foster to discuss his tour of Windsor Castle with none other than Prince William ahead of the premiere of Levy's new show, The Reluctant Traveler, on Apple TV+.

A trend has gone viral of TikTokers predicting what they think Taylor Swift's upcoming album “The Life of a Showgirl” will sound like.

Addressing WNBA star Napheesa Collier’s recent comments on league leadership, Caitlin Clark says Collier made “valid points.”

The federal government remains shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a funding deal. Although layoffs have not been part of shutdowns in past administrations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said federal worker layoffs are "likely going to be in the thousands" if the government remains shut down. CNN's senior reporter Kevin Liptak reports.

An ongoing eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano unleashed spectacular lava fountains that towered an astonishing 1,300 feet into the air -- as high as New York's Empire State Building.

After a string of alleged incursions by Russian drones and jets into NATO member states' territory, the alliance is sending more surveillance planes to track the Russians. CNN's Fred Pleitgen flew in a NATO early warning plane at NATO's Eastern flank looking for possible Russian jets approaching.

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